Me too. I don’t know if comparing it with a job makes sense, as there’s job enjoyment in the mix.
How’d you play out leaving the table after locking in a 7% gain for the year? If you’d left in Feb 2024 you’d miss between 10-15% more, then probably we’d be itching all over to get back in and may have jumped in in Feb 2025, to promptly see a -15-20% drop on top of missed gains to date, then you (not you - a hypothetical investor) we’d be jumping in and out like a bear on hot coals, losing money in every jump!
However way I’ve thought about it I am convinced that the axiom of time in the market works for the VAST majority of people edit: and to capitalize on that I am trying to figure out a “never ever sell” type portfolio.